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I know him better as Picard, but the first character that popped into my head while reading the title was Avery Bullock.

Its one of the reasons I prefer the DS version. The difficulty of the game as a whole is a bit higher, but the special skills you learn can vary up your characters quite a bit and eliminates almost all need to grind.

I believe you mean Super 13.

Still applying for jobs.

Still stuck at a crappy job.

Georg Weissmann, the Faceless was pretty up there. Liked to put people through traumatic experiences to break them, then rebuild their minds as he saw fit. Had the idea of mind controlling someone and forcing them to kill the one person they loved most, then breaking that control while they were standing over the corpse.

Morgoth (or Melkor), who was Saurons master is another one. He was pretty much the devil for the extended LotR mythos.

Father from Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood (and the manga). Manipulated nations leaders to turn their entire populaces into philosophers stones to power him so that he could consume god.

I just wish we could get a remastered collection of MML, MML2, and MAoTB, with modern controls already.

Yellow posted...

I never like Fantastic Four. Have to go with one of the few really good female comic book characters.

I don't like F4 either, but Doom is a really good character on his own, deserving of a much better cast of heroes to oppose him imo.

Depends on the character, there are winners and losers on both sides of the Pacific.

Ya, thought this one was pretty meh when made. Still not any better.

I have played both terrible and great 2D and 3D fighters. I have probably played more good 2D fighters, but I have also played more bad. Like above I think thats mostly due to there simply being more 2D out there. I don't really have preference.

Not as bad as the gods from the Slayers multiverse.

Had plenty of fun on trips, and during breaks at work and college playing my hendhelds. Castlevania, Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger. Actually I was introduced to the Trails series on my PSP which has become my current favorite game series due to its scope of story and world building.

But I guess all those games are fine on consoles, then suddenly become kids games on handhelds?

I started with a full scholarship from my grades in high school.

Part way through college, I became very ill, and it led to my scholarship being stripped from me.

After I recovered, I finished college with a combination of paying directly out of pocket, and taking on $20K of loans.

Parents never paid a dime.

I think h3h3 pretty much sums up everything:

Played through the GC version twice. Though the 2nd time I quit right before the last 2-3 dungeons. I was going for a 100% run, and had done everything possible up to that point. Then I got hit with a rare bug where one of the games moonfish disappears (or at least does not register when you collect it). Was very upset and packed the game away.

Fantastic game overall though.

Trails in the Sky: The 3rd.
Grandia 2.
Shadows of Mordor.

Dreaming_King posted...

helly posted...

as long as they keep thinking a 3D sonic game will work, no.

a sonic game literally cannot work right in a 3D space.

It's about half traditional 2d and half 3d "boost" (so on rails pretty much) from what I understand. Plus the Sonic and Shadow stages in SA2 worked fine.

And Colors and Generations are FAR better than SA/SA2 (which have not aged well at all).

Legend of the Five Rings is the only true answer.

Well maybe. Have to see how it looks after the FFG reboot.

I used to be in the hyper conservative crowd on the whole wage and healthcare debates (my whole family was, and I was raised that way). Then we got hit with a series of crap while I was in college, that was fully unavoidable, and knocked us from upper-middle class to poverty levels in a year.

I lost my scholarship due to illness, and maxed out several credit lines with medical debt, and accrued tons of student loan debt to finish school from there.

Despite applying for jobs almost everyday since I graduated 2 years ago, I am still stuck at a crappy retail job (making between $11 and $12 an hour depending on the day of the week), partially supporting my mother. I don't exactly have the money to move (still paying off my debts). And there are legitimately jobs around here that require degrees and/or experience, that are paying at or around minimum wage (assuming they are not unpaid internships). Things like paralegals or medical assistants, are being payed less than $10 an hour here. And some of those jobs want you to have 8 years or more of experience.

Since I actually hit the real world, my opinions have changed on it from how its described in conservative talking points.

At least my credit score is very good (2nd highest tier). I am really good at paying my debts on time. I just can't afford much else.

Zeus posted...

Can't end well because they'll be forced to cast him as an anti-hero against a villain of some sort.

He sort of already has anti hero qualities. He has has good intentions for the world. The Wicandan Panther god deemed him pure of heart. And it was shown at one point that the only future for Earth free of want and need, was one under his rule.

He just has very extreme "by any means necessary" methods of achieving his goals. And he really hates Reed.

Though its been years since I actually read up on him, he could have been retconned since (and undoubtedly before).

helly posted...

...who would doom fight, anyways?

Mephisto possibly. He did travel to hell to get back his mothers soul.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

SKARDAVNELNATE posted...

You mean like a PC?

you can play the last of us and breath of the wild on a pc???!

Not officially, but yes.

ZBug_ posted...

I don't actually watch DBZ abridge. The VA's melted my ears

They have improved massively since its inception. So much now that Funimation has them do some stuff every now and then, and they have done some voice acting for some of the DBZ video games.

The closest you will get on 3DS to the Paper Mario series is the Mario and Luigi series.

Actually the 5th game in the series is a crossover with Paper Mario. Never played the games personally so can't tell you which are good or not.

Would much rather see a well done Dr. Doom than Carnage.

I prefer this scene:

Only 4 episodes now, but already renewed for a 2nd 8 episode season apparently.

Castlevania
Trails in the Sky / of Cold Steel
Hard to pick a 3rd, probably something else from Falcom or Konami though, its hard to top them honestly.

Veedrock- posted...

But we haven't seen Piccolo fuse with Kami yet.

And Kamiccolo is stronger than Goku and Vegeta at this point. Way to think that one through TFS.

Actually they are fused in the timeline of the actual movie as well. Its honestly a big mess and TFS had words on that subject.

They apparently marked it as out of order on the first day, assuming it was locked for repairs.

Yes, but they are also of consistently higher quality than early episodes. In some instances, they are even fixing animation errors.

FrozenBananas posted...

The original cut is better

90% of the time, the theatrical release is better than the directors cut.

That being said, the sequel, Aliens, by James Cameron has a better directors cut as well as his next film Terminator 2.

Pretty much.

For Alien, I prefer the theatrical. For Aliens, I prefer Directors cut. Alien 3s directors cut actually changes a couple plot points of the film (most notably the creature the Alien gestates in). Regardless of which version of A3 you watch though, its a very love it or hate it film. As far as Resurrection goes...just don't. Seriously, don't.

And if you have not watched the Terminator films, watch the Directors cut of T2 when you get to it. The theatrical cut is already a classic, and the directors cut only adds to that. There is even an alternate ending on some versions of the Directors cut (some you have to type in a code for). It was actually Camerons original planned ending that actually wrapped up and finalized the story, before he was forced to make something more open ended (still a good ending though) so the studio could milk the franchise with perpetually worse films.

RCtheWSBC posted...

AverageBoss posted...

But yes, most peoples wages should go up, as they have been stagnant across the board for almost 30 years, despite increases in workload, productivity, and profits. Well, except for a very small group of people.

I think indexing wages to inflation could be more appealing politically instead of fighting on $15 or whatever. It's a start.

If anyone's interested I can try to locate another study I read that compared the economic effects on a $9 minimum to a $10.10 minimum.

I think both need to be done honestly. Wages are simply too low now for many workers. Simply tying it to inflation will mean that they are perpetually struggling. Simply increasing it is a temporary fix until inflation wipes those gains out.

Increase it to an acceptable level, then tie it to inflation and be done with it.

wolfy42 posted...

Pumping min wage puts more people in a higher tax bracket and gives them more income to be taxed. It directly increases the amount of taxes the government gets every year as a whole.

It boosts base prices of products and services in the area though, which hurts those with the least amount of income the most proportionally. This doesn't just stop at food being more expensive, or other products you buy (or services you pay for), but can spread to rent and other costs as well. Even without factoring in companies cutting back on hours, not offering as many benefits, and not offering raises (or invalidating previous raises by making the new min wage higher then the employee was getting after working somewhere 10 years), large bumps in minimum wage create chaos/havok in the job market. I've seen this personally, and it's not getting better anytime soon.

I seriously doubt that small of an increase in minimum wage is going to throw someone into a higher tax bracket. Even if that is the case you don't go home with less money, as only the amount above the bracket is taxed at the higher percentage. For example (currently) from your 1st to 9,325th dollar you pay 10%. From your 9,326th to 37,950th, 15%. You don't pay 15% on the whole amount, just that latter portion.

As far as companies raising prices to compensate, that will be solved overtime by competition. If one grocery store raises their prices, and the one across the street does not, the 1st will lose a significant chunk of its business to the 2nd. Further, if everyone of a companies customers had more disposable income, that is simply more money for that business to attract to offset loses from increased wages. Also, companies are always looking for an excuse to increase prices, such as when gas prices spiked under Bush. But historically wage increases have always netted in long term economic growth. There is an equilibrium though (as with most things), and the closer you get to it, the more diminishing returns on the above. But right now I would argue we are pretty far below it.

But yes, most peoples wages should go up, as they have been stagnant across the board for almost 30 years, despite increases in workload, productivity, and profits. Well, except for a very small group of people.

Questionmarktarius posted...

adjl posted...

Prices are inflated because insurance companies typically negotiate them down by a lot

Almost certainly that.
Bill $100, but only get paid $33, you're billing $300 next time.

However, if you follow inflating costs backwards, the three biggest instigators are the inability to divert emergency care, a drastic increase in malpractice lawsuits (and thus a drastic increase in malpractice insurance costs) in the 90s, and then a string of high-profile lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies soon after (and ongoing).

Tort reform would clear a bunch of this shit up, immediately.

Well, medical malpractice is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US. So most of those lawsuits are probably justified.

Working the 3rd, 4th, and 5th.

MICHALECOLE posted...

I don't want universal healthcare because I don't want to pay taxes for some DRUG ADDICT overdosing on WEED or METH.

This kid was probably a pot head before this surgery. He brought it upon himself.

You already do, twice (once at the insurance level, and again at the care level). And then multiplied for overblown charges (like several hundred dollars for saline).

Any increase in taxes that would result from this would be offset by not having to pay an insurance company, or the things the insurance company does not cover.

Never really preferred any particular network. There were (and are) simply shows I like and dislike on each.

There are tons of great stages in smash. Although not my favorite, I rank the Midgar stage pretty high for the fun hazards and overall spectacle.

Pink/red watermelon is ok. Yellow watermelon is great. Still need to try white, but yellow is hard enough to get.

Yup.

Zeus posted...

AverageBoss posted...

threatening legal action against anyone who voiced a complaint about the hazards

Which really isn't uncommon and you'd need to protest libel laws.

But this was clearly not a case of libel, just a case of a company bullying people too poor to stand up to them until they died in the death trap the company created.

If everything I have heard about this is true (poor fire protection because they did not want to spend the money, increasing fire hazard by remodeling the place simply to improve the view of nearby rich residents at another location, threatening legal action against anyone who voiced a complaint about the hazards), then the people responsible for these decisions, and the heads of the company that own and manage the property (if they are not the same people) should:

1. Have 100% of their wealth confiscated in restitution for the survivors and the families of the deceased.

2. Be thrown in prison for gross negligence leading to loss of life.

3. Be prevented from ever heading or managing a business again if they ever get out of prison.

Joelypoely posted...

Ya, US measurements are screwed up, and we did not join the rest of the world in the 60 and 70s when they left the old measurement systems behind (just another thing the US is lagging behind in).

Though that chart is a bit off. Celsius is based off the freezing and boiling point of water, nothing more. Fahrenheit has a few conflicting stories on its origin, but they are all pretty silly (one based on recording the hottest and coldest days of the year to mark as 100 and 0, another states is was based on the freezing point of brine compared to the temperature of the human body).

Kelvin master race.

Sephiroth_Incarnate

Well, I mean Courage out performed Justice League, Jack, and Dexter, by beating Avatar, then lost to Arnold. I smell lots of anti voting.

Jehovah's Witness followers are an odd bunch. They are one of the most heavy handed with conversion attempts. Yet they believe that all the seats in heaven are full and none of us, or them, will be getting in.

The Crusades actually started when the Byzantine Empire requested military aid from the Pope to repel Turkish invaders. They were a very complex collection of a multitude of events. Some were defensive wars, others offensive, or retaliatory. Some were mercenaries doing their own shit. All of Europe was involved in a shit storm of power struggles before, during, and after the Crusades.

To use them as nothing more than a point to say "Christians bad" way oversimplifies the events that took place, and completely ignores the fact that all of Europe was bad regardless of what faith, or lack thereof people followed. It was such a chaotic mess of a time with so many conflicting records of what happened, that historians are still trying to piece everything together.

Now the Spanish Inquisition on the other hand is pretty clear cut. That and the Salem witch trials. Those are fair game. Unless you want to pick out specific events that took place during the Crusades, like the Massacre of Antioch. However, though that was completely barbaric, it was a common practice at the time for invading armies regardless of faith. Because again, the world really sucked back then.

I even remember the Courage shorts from the What a Cartoon show. It was, and still is a great show. I watched Avatar for the first time a little over a year ago. Have to say its quite a bit better.

Mario_VS_DK posted...

Mead posted...

Be prepared for them to try and fuck up everything you have planned. Have a contingency ready.

Yeah, I've decided to just start them inside the first dungeon to make it a little easier on myself. I don't exactly want to go "The bartender tells you of a dungeon to the north." only to hear "Let's go to the city." when the dungeon was all I had prepared.

That said, there are some NPCs they can talk to inside the dungeon, but none of them are necessary to talk to or follow.

shadowsword87 posted...

Yeah, I've always been a fan of the small sandbox style, so I can't really help with that.
By that I mean I have a small writeup of the area, major NPCs, and what the PCs need to do, and just let them play how they want to.

Yeah, this game is going to be pretty sandboxy. I hope my improv is good enough.

Be prepared for the players wanting to go back to town for additional supplies and/or information.